Match-box holder.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

W. G. LEWI.

MATCH BOX HOLDER.4

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 22,1904.

wbncaoao UNTTnn STATES Patented .Tune 13, 1905.

PATENT Trice.

vWILLIAM G. LFVI, OF ALBANY, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO EDXVARD F. 'HAOKETL OF ALBANY, NFNT YORK.

MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,335, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed October 22, 1904. Serial No. 229,621.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, VILLIAM Gr. Lnwr, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in Albany, county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Box Holders; and I do hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to holders for matchboxes of the familiar sliding tray and cover variety.

My improved holder is designed to support the box in suoli manner that the sliding tray will be partly open in order that matches may be taken therefrom and ignited on the chemically-prepared or other abradent surface commonly applied to one or'more of the sides of the box-cover.

ln the accompanying` drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section taken through a match-box contained within a holder, showing lone form or modification of my invention,

saidfholder being shown as attached to a suitable wall or other support. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the holder shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents in Vertical section the upper end of one of my holders and a modiied form of attaching device. Fig. t represents a transverse section of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents an elevation of the end of the holder shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 represents a vertical section showing the holder engaging the narrow sides of amatch-box. Fig. 7 represents a vertical section of a match-box and modified form of holder, showing other attaching means therefor.

rlhe several forms of holder illustrated are more particularly designed to hold the wellknown paper or veneer slide-boxes commonly used to contain safety-matches and cornprising an open-top tray A and an open-ended tubular casing or cover B, adapted to inclose the top, sides, and bottom of the tray.

The holder in its several modifications is formed from a blank of sheet metal, preferably of general rectangular form, and comprises a main portion 1, a tray-supporting shelf 2, a channel 3, and a front guard or keeper 4. The shelf 2 is formed by approximately right-angled bends 5 and 6 and the channel by a return-bend 7 of the blank to leave suflicient space or interval between the walls of said channel to receive the top or side of the cover B. In forming the channel 3 the blank is preferably bent to such an extent that the keeper a will incline inwardly somewhat toward the body 1, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby exercising a corresponding spring clamping action on the box to hold it in place. I contemplate this same clamping action in all of themodilications. In the modified form shown in Fig. 7 the metal of the blank is again bent upon itself at 8 (thereby reinforcing the front guard or keeper) and thence rearward at 9 and downward at 10 to bring the lower end 11 of the holder in the same plane with the body 1 thereof.

In use the body 1 of the holder is introduced between the cover B and the bottom a of the tray A of the match-box, the box being pressed down until an end wall a of the tray rests upon the shelf 2 of the holder. Further downward pressure on the cover B of the box will force its lower front edge to the bottom of the channel 3. rlhe upper portion of the end wall of the tray may now be torn off, as indicated, to expose the contents of the box.

The holder carrying the match-box may be secured in any usual way to a wall O or other support--as, for instance, by engaging the upper end 0f the body 1 with a nail projecting from the wall O; but to avoid the side swing or defiection of the holder and boX due to the force used in striking a match on one or the other of the abrasive side edges of the box I have provided means to maintain the holder in position as againstlateral movement. Thus in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 l have shown the body 1 of the holder as provided at its upper end with an elongated slot 12 to engage afastening device, as 13, (hereinafter termed an anchor,) consisting of an elongated body from one edge of which project two spikes 14E and 15, adapted to be driven into the wall or support O, the other edge being provided opposite the spike 14 with a headed stud 16. r1`he upper end of the anchor is eut away toward the rear to leave a shoulder 17, the height of this shoulder, the length of the slot 12, and the head of stud 16 bearing such a relation to each other that the holder may be removed from or restored to the anchor only by a movement at right angles to the body of the holder, thereby providing an el'licient safeguard ag'amst accidental detachment of the holder from its support. To remove theholder when the parts are in the position shown in Fig'. 1, it must be iirst moved upward to clear the upper end of the slot 12 from the shoulder 1T, then moved horizontally away from the support C, and linally it must be g'iven a slight downward movement to clear the lower end of the slot from the head of the stud 16.

In Figs. 3 and 4 l have shown another form of anchor designed. to prevent the unauthorized removal of the holder from the wall or the box from the holder. It consists of -a threaded post 18, projecting from the outer edge of the anchor-body, a yoke or saddle 19, mounted on said post and straddling' the body of the anchor, its edges resting' on the holder, and a nut 2O to clamp the parts together securely. As shown, the anchor-body is enlarged at a point in alineinent with the spike 14, the threaded post 2O forming a continuation of such enlargement. With this form'of anchor l prefer to use a holder having a slot shaped as in Fig. that is to say, with opposite recesses 1fL intermediate of-i ts ends to accommodate the enlarg'ement of the anchor. I t is obvious that upon clamping the saddle A down upon the holder by means of the nut 2O it cannot be removed except by a person having' a tool to fit the nut.

The form of holder shown in Fig. 6 is substantially identical with that of Fig'. 1 except as te width and is designed for use in positions where the support U is too narrow to permit the box of matches to be placed fiatwise against it. As shown, the holder is adapted to engage the narrow side edges of the box, and as the abradent surface of such boxes is usually applied to the side edges the keeper L1 is shortened to expose a corresponding portion of the outer side edge of the box and is bent back upon itself to reinforce it.

1n Fig. 7 the upper and lower extremities of the holder are each provided with a perforation 21 Q2, the latter to receive a headed nail 23, which secures the lower end of the holder permanently to the support C, a headless stud 21 being' lixed in said support at a point to engage the perforation Q1. as shown. Se arranged, it will be seen that the holder .and its box are secure against lateral movement.

To remove an empty box from the holder,

the upper end is sprung outwardly free from the stud 24 and turned to one side on the nail 23 as a pivot until the box can pass the stud 24. The box may then he removed and replaced by a fresh box, whereupon the parts are again restored to the position shown in Fig. 7.

lln some instances, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig'. 2 of the drawings, l may provide a front guard or keeper 4 with a cut-away portion, so as to corresliomlingly uncover the front panel of the box for the purpose of permitting' the front portion of the box to be used as an aln'ading-surfaee or the surface to which the chemical igniting composition may be applied. By so doing the act of striking the match on the box would not exert a lateral strain on the box, and therefore the holder would not require a special anchoring device to obviate the lateral movement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim ism 1. A match-box holder, comprising' a main body portion constituting' the rear wall of the holder, a shelf projecting therefrom, and a channel or receiving-pocket depending from the front edge of the shelf, the front panel of the pocket constituting the front wall of the holder.

2. A match-box holder, eomijnising a main body portion constituting the rear wall of the holder, a shelf projecting therefrom, and a channel or receiving-pocket depending from the front cdg'e of the shelf, the front panel of the pocket constituting the front wall of the holder and being inclined rearwardly to exert a spring' clamping action on the box.

3. A match-box holder, comprising' a main body portion constituting the rear wall ofthe holder, a shelf projecting therefrom, and a channel or receiving-pocket depending' from the front edge of the shelf, the front panel of the pocket constituting the front wall of the holder and being' provided with a return reinforcing-bend.

1. A match-box holder, having' a main body portion provided at top with an elongated slot, an elongated anchor d etachabl y engaging' the `slot of the holder, and means tolock theholder upon the anchor; siibstantially as described.

5. A match-box holder, having a main body portion provided at top with an elongated slot, an elongated anchor detaehably engaging the slot of the holder, a threaded post projecting from the anchor, a saddle straddling the anchor and eng'ag'ingl the holder, and a nut adaqiwted to the threaded post; substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof l a 'lix my si g'n aturein presence of two witnesses.

VlLLlAh/I LFYI.

\Vitnesses:

W. lt. 1V oo'nmno, H.. M. SonLnsiNe, Sr.

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